May 18 Calendar

Published: Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Friday, May 17, 2013 at 12:32 p.m.

Bring Calendar information to 30 E. First Ave., email it to calendar@the-dispatch.com, or mail it to The Calendar, The Dispatch, P.O. Box 908, Lexington, 27293 so it is at The Dispatch one week prior to its publication date. Include an address for the event. Events listed below are in Lexington, unless otherwise noted. For publication of church and nonprofit yard sales, please call classified advertising at 249-1637.

The Lexington Police Department ¬†will be holding its monthly Community Watch meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at Calvary Family Worship Center.

The Davidson County NAACP will have its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Acacia Lodge No. 66, Cotton Grove Road

The Pink Ladyz will be hosting a Day of Hope at Elizabeth's Pizza, 1587 Liberty Drive, Thomasville, from 10:30 a.m. – 10 p.m. Tuesday. Proceeds from this event will benefit Relay For Life of Davidson County.

Meadowview Presbyterian will host a bloodmobile from 2 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the worship center. Appointments are required and can be made by contacting the church office at 249-2860 or emailing sperryman@meadowviewpca.org from now until the morning of the drive. Donors who arrive without an appointment will be given the next open time slot, if any remain available. Donors are taken in the order they appear on the appointment sheet, not in the order of arrival. Please arrive five minutes early to check in; earlier than that just increases your wait time.

There will be a poor boy's supper 4:30 – 7 p.m. Tuesday at Friendship United Methodist Church, 2840 Friendship Church Road. Cost is $7 for adults and $3 for a child. Any questions you can call church office at 787-4040.

First United Methodist Church, 310 S. Main St., will have a blood drive in honor of Earl Hester from 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesday . Call 248-2886 for an appointment.

Beulah United Church of Christ, 2828 Arnold Road, will host a Red Cross Blood Drive from 2:30 to 7 p.m. May 28. Hot dogs and Krispy Kreme doughnuts will be served. Call Rita Lanier 764-2439 or 239-5758; or Judy Owen 731-7951 or 247-2974 for an appointment.

Former Duracell employees please come to breakfast at Southern Lunch at 8 a.m. May 28.

Panther summer basketball camp will take place at Ledford High School Gym June 17-19 for boys and girls in first through eighth grades. Cost is $60 if you pre-register by June 1; $75 if you register at the door. Contact Jonathan Leonard at jleonard@davidson.k12.nc.us or 769-9671.

Governments and Groups

The Lexington Rotary Club meets from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. every Tuesday at the J. Smith Young YMCA. For further information, visit the website at www.lexingtonrotary.com or contact Rusty Hunt at 224-4650.

Preschoolers story time takes place at the Davidson County Public Library Lexington branch for 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds from 10:30 to 11 a.m. each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Toddlers meet from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Bedtime story hour is held from 7 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays. Bookventures, and afterschool program for children in kindergarten through fifth grade takes place from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. each Thursday. Call 242-2040 for more information.

The Davidson County Republican Women would like to send an open invitation to all county Republican women to its monthly meeting. The meeting is held the third Tuesday at Tricia's Catering, 408 Piedmont Drive. Dinner at 6 p.m. and meeting to start at 7 p.m.

<p><I>Bring Calendar information to 30 E. First Ave., email it to calendar@the-dispatch.com, or mail it to The Calendar, The Dispatch, P.O. Box 908, Lexington, 27293 so it is at The Dispatch one week prior to its publication date. Include an address for the event. Events listed below are in Lexington, unless otherwise noted. For publication of church and nonprofit yard sales, please call classified advertising at 249-1637.</I></p><p>The Lexington Police Department ¬ will be holding its monthly<B> Community Watch meeting</B> at 7 p.m. Monday at Calvary Family Worship Center. </p><p>The <B>Davidson County NAACP</B> will have its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Acacia Lodge No. 66, Cotton Grove Road</p><p>The Pink Ladyz will be hosting a <B>Day of Hope at Elizabeth's Pizza,</B> 1587 Liberty Drive, Thomasville, from 10:30 a.m. – 10 p.m. Tuesday. Proceeds from this event will benefit Relay For Life of Davidson County. </p><p>Meadowview Presbyterian will host a <B>bloodmobile</B> from 2 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the worship center. Appointments are required and can be made by contacting the church office at 249-2860 or emailing sperryman@meadowviewpca.org from now until the morning of the drive. Donors who arrive without an appointment will be given the next open time slot, if any remain available. Donors are taken in the order they appear on the appointment sheet, not in the order of arrival. Please arrive five minutes early to check in; earlier than that just increases your wait time.</p><p>There will be a <B>poor boy's supper</B> 4:30 – 7 p.m. Tuesday at Friendship United Methodist Church, 2840 Friendship Church Road. Cost is $7 for adults and $3 for a child. Any questions you can call church office at 787-4040.</p><p>First United Methodist Church, 310 S. Main St., will have a <B>blood drive</B> in honor of Earl Hester from 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesday . Call 248-2886 for an appointment.</p><p>Beulah United Church of Christ, 2828 Arnold Road, will host a <B>Red Cross Blood Drive</B> from 2:30 to 7 p.m. May 28. Hot dogs and Krispy Kreme doughnuts will be served. Call Rita Lanier 764-2439 or 239-5758; or Judy Owen 731-7951 or 247-2974 for an appointment.</p><p>Former<B> Duracell employees</B> please come to breakfast at Southern Lunch at 8 a.m. May 28.</p><p><B>Panther summer basketball camp</B> will take place at Ledford High School Gym June 17-19 for boys and girls in first through eighth grades. Cost is $60 if you pre-register by June 1; $75 if you register at the door. Contact Jonathan Leonard at jleonard@davidson.k12.nc.us or 769-9671.</p><p><B>Governments and Groups</B></p><p>The <B>Lexington Rotary Club</B> meets from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. every Tuesday at the J. Smith Young YMCA. For further information, visit the website at www.lexingtonrotary.com or contact Rusty Hunt at 224-4650.</p><p>Preschoolers <B>story time</B> takes place at the Davidson County Public Library Lexington branch for 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds from 10:30 to 11 a.m. each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Toddlers meet from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Bedtime story hour is held from 7 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays. Bookventures, and afterschool program for children in kindergarten through fifth grade takes place from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. each Thursday. Call 242-2040 for more information.</p><p>The <B>Davidson County Republican Women</B> would like to send an open invitation to all county Republican women to its monthly meeting. The meeting is held the third Tuesday at Tricia's Catering, 408 Piedmont Drive. Dinner at 6 p.m. and meeting to start at 7 p.m.</p>